Hose leak-stop.



' No. 675,308. Patented May 2a, 1901;- J. M. voss.

HOSE LEAK STOP.

(Application filed Sept. 5, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FEIcE.

JAMES M. VOSS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOCHARLES L. EGGERS, JOSEPH HANSARD, ALBERT PRYOR, AND JOHN GALETICI'I, OFSAME PLACE.

HOSE LEAK-STOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 675,308, dated May 28,1901. Application filed September 5, 1900. Serial No. 29,106. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. Voss, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Hose Leak-Stops, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for stopping leaks in garden and otherhose; and the objects thereof are to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice that is easily attached to the hose over the leak and which willstop the leak without diminishing the flow of water through the hose. Iaccomplish these objects by the device described herein and illustratedin the accompanying drawings,- forming a part hereof, in Which-=- Figure1 is a perspective view of a piece of hose with my leak-stop in placethereon,with the attaching-wrench ready to be removed therefrom. Fig. 2is a side elevation of my leak-stop. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.Fig. 4 is a plan view of the binding-strap which holds the jacket on thehose. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lever with which thebinding-strap is fastened upon the jacket to secure it upon the hose.

Heretofore the leak-stop appliances for stopping leaks in garden-hosehave usually consisted of appliances which were placed in the bore ofthe hose, thereby rendering it necessary to cut the hose at the place ofthe leak and removing the defective part and then inserting a tubularcontact-piece which would hold the several parts together and not permitthe water to escape. These devices cause the loss of a portion of thehose, and the device obstructs the flow of water through the hose, whichis objectionable. With my leak-stop these objections are overcome.

In the drawings, A is the jacket, preferably made of metal, bent so thatthe edges lap when on the hose B. Jacket A is provided with studs 0, oneat each end, preferably opposite the lap, upon which the binding-strapsD are fastened to secure the jacket in place on the hose. As each sizeof hose is made of different thicknesses, I provide bindingstrap D witha plurality of holes at the ends, so that a binding-strap designed forany particular size of hose will bind the jacket thereon whether thehose be two-ply or more, the holes being properly adjusted therefor.There may be a plurality of holes at each end, or at one end only, and asingle hole at the other.

In the operation of my device the jacket is preferably slipped on thehose at the end and along the same, so that the studs G will be at eachend of the leak, which will bring the lap opposite thereto. One of theholes in one end of strap D is then placed 011 stud O and thebinding-strap is bent around the jacket. With wrench E the strap isdrawn so as to bring the jacket in water-tight contact with the hose,and the other end of the strap is then slipped over the stud. The otherend of the jacket is treated in like manner,which causes the jacket tostop the leak in the hose without its being cut or interfering with theflow of the Water therethrough.

By this construction it will be observed that the outer lapping edge ofthe jacket causes the inner lapping edge thereof to embed itself in thehose and prevents the jacket from rotating on the hose while thebindingstrap is being drawn up by lever E. Lever E has a notch E, whichholds the end of the lever from slipping out of the binding-strap whendrawing the same upon the jacket.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. A leak-stop for mending holes in hose, comprising a jacket adapted toencircle the hose, and one part thereof lap upon the other; studsafiixed, one, at each end of said jacket; a bindingstrap having holes inthe ends thereof.

2. The combination of a leak-stop for mending holes in hose, comprisinga jacket to encircle the hose, having studs affixed thereto at the endsthereof; a binding-strap having holes in the ends adapted to be fastenedupon the jacket and bind it upon the hose; with a hose. I

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed myname, this 30th day of August, 1900, at Los Angeles, California.

JAMES M. VOSS.

Witnesses:

G. E. HARPI-IAM, MATTIE MoGINNIs.

